Newly Released Emails Show Colgan Air Withheld Information From NTSB WESTERN NEW YORK – Today, Representatives Kathy Hochul (NY-26) and Louise Slaughter (NY-28), along with Senator Charles E. Schumer called on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether Colgan Airlines intentionally withheld emails from a federal agency during the investigation of the crash of [...]

DESTINO CITES “LOW TURNOUT” IN DEM PRIMARY AS EVIDENCE HE CAN WIN…DEMOCRATS SEEM CONFIDENT ABOUT WINNING MAYOR’S RACE, OTHER CONTESTS Republican mayoral nominee Johnny Destino told listeners to the “John Restaino Show,” WJJL, 1440am, that he feels he has a good chance to win his race against incumbent Democratic Mayor Paul Dyster, citing the low [...]

Western New York Representatives Say Information Should Have Been Given to NTSB WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Kathy Hochul (NY-26) and Louise Slaughter (NY-28) sent letters to both the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Colgan Airlines demanding to know why emails sent by Colgan Air, related to the qualifications of the pilot who crashed [...]

Congresswoman Hochul to host “Congress On Your Corner” event in Pendleton DATE: Friday, October 28, 2011 TIME: 2:00 PM WHERE: Pendleton Town Hall 6570 Campbell Blvd. Pendleton NY 14094 Constituents who wish to set up a meeting with Congresswoman Hochul should call the Williamsville office at 716-634-2324 to make an appointment. Residents of the 26th [...]

Political observers are buzzing both in Erie and Niagara Counties about freshman GOP NYS Senator Mark Grisanti’s defeatist statements re the search for a new Buffalo Bills lease on last Friday’s John Restaino Show, WJJL, 1440am. Declaring as he did that the Bills will probably move anyway, no matter what the state does, so there [...]

Should WNY simply give up on retaining the Buffalo Bills, allowing the team to move to Los Angeles or some other city? Most WNYers would say no. However, in an interview with John Restaino on the “John Restaino Show,” on WJJL 1440am last Friday morning (10-11am), freshman Republican NYS Senator Mark Grisanti showed signs of [...]

There will be a fundraiser to benefit the Johnny Destino for Mayor campaign on Tues., Oct. 25th at the Como Restaurant – beginning at 5:30pm. The charge is $25 per person and includes buffet dinner and drinks.

STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN HOCHUL ON NEWS OF MOAMMAR GADHAFI’S DEATH The following is a statement from Congresswoman Kathy Hochul on news of the death of Moammar Gadhafi: “For over four decades, Moammar Gadhafi has ruled the Libyan people through fear and intimidation; silencing anyone who ever spoke out against him. Today, with his death, his [...]

What’s the latest on the political fortunes of Collins’ fellow Republican, Mark Grisanti? Our sources are telling us that if anyone is depending on anti gay marriage Republicans to savage the freshman Senator in the GOP primary, they are kidding themselves. “The Tea Partiers and their friends had a good candidate for Congress in 2010 [...]

Overwhelming Support for New York ‘Millionaire’s Tax’ According To New Siena Institute Poll “Voters give a resounding yes, 72-26 percent, to increasing taxes on New Yorkers earning more than one million dollars a year,” says Steve Greenberg of the Siena College Institute Poll. “And they do so after being told that supporters – including many [...]